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(a) A board that supervises healing arts licensees under this division shall collect and analyze workforce data from its licensees as specified in subdivision (b) for future workforce planning. The data may be collected at the time of electronic application for a license and license renewal, or at least biennially from a scientifically selected random sample of licensees. (b) (1) The workforce data collected by each board about its licensees shall include, at a minimum, information
concerning all of the following:
(A) City, county, and ZIP Code of practice.
(B) Type of employer or classification of primary practice site among the types of practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to, clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.
(C) Work hours.
(D) Titles of positions held.
(E) Time spent in direct patient care.
(F) Clinical practice area.
(G) Race or ethnicity, subject to paragraph (2).
(H) Gender. Gender or gender identity.
(I) Languages spoken.
(J) Educational background.
(K) Future work intentions.
(L) Job satisfaction ratings.
(2) A licensee may, but is not required to, report their race or ethnicity to the board.
(c) Each board shall maintain the confidentiality of the information
it receives from licensees under this section and shall only release information in an aggregate form that cannot be used to identify an individual.
(d) Each board shall produce reports containing the workforce data it collects pursuant to this section, at a minimum, on a biennial basis. Aggregate information collected pursuant to this section shall be posted on each board’s internet website.
(e) Each board shall annually board, or the Department of Consumer Affairs on its behalf, shall, beginning on July 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, provide the data it collects pursuant to this section to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for inclusion of the data into the annual report it produces pursuant to Section 128052 of the Health and Safety Code.